“Florida’s New Redistricting Plan: Round Two”
WSJ’s Washington Wire has this post on yesterday’s arguments in the Florida congressional redistricting case.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Rob Richie: How Florida can hold elections in fair districts in 2014”
“Black groups tell Supreme Court Ala. districts biased”
Mary Troyan reports for Gannett: “The Alabama Legislature will be further racially polarized by new district boundaries that pack more black voters into certain districts than the law requires, state black political groups told the Supreme Court last week.”
“Carl Leubsdorf: Troubling Texas voting changes face court scrutiny”
“Floridians tried to stop gerrymandering, and Republicans gerrymandered anyways. We’re about to see who wins.”
Aaron Blake for The Fix:
Indeed, the rules weren’t really legally tested until this year, when a judge last month ruled that two of them needed to be redrawn because they were drawn for partisan purposes. The GOP-controlled state legislature… Continue reading
“Arguing Florida Failed Again, Dems Want Court-Drawn Map”
“Legislators end quick session with new map but challenge is likely”
The latest from Fla.
“Cal Students’ Response to Berkeley’s Historic Offer of a Council Seat: Thanks, but No Thanks”
California Magazine: “Remember in 2012 when the City of Berkeley decided to redraw its electoral map so that students would be better represented at City Hall?”
“Florida Redraws an Election Map That Was Ruled to Be Unconstitutional”
“FairVote Proposes Solutions to Florida’s Congressional Redistricting Dilemma in 2014”
FairVote wants to use multimember districts even though those aren’t allowed under a federal statute. “Although one of the remedies conflicts with federal law, there is precedent from Louisiana in 2008 for state action overriding federal law involving congressional elections.”
“4 End-Game Scenarios for the Florida Map Chaos”
“Florida Legislature: Don’t talk to congressional members, political consultants”
“Legislators plan to return for redistricting session on Thursday”
Miami Herald:
Facing an Aug. 15 deadline, Florida legislative leaders will announce Monday that they will bring lawmakers back for a week-long special session on Thursday, Aug. 7, to revise the congressional redistricting map declared invalid by a judge.… Continue reading
“Florida judge takes on gerrymandering; sets stage for Supreme Court cases in fall”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.